﻿March, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XXV 
  

  

  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lilies 
  for 
  that 
  year, 
  if, 
  indeed, 
  

   they 
  ever 
  come 
  up 
  again. 
  Last 
  spring 
  my 
  own 
  

   lilies 
  made 
  an 
  unusually 
  early 
  start 
  — 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  unusually 
  heavy 
  protection 
  

   they 
  had 
  during 
  winter 
  and 
  the 
  heavy 
  snow, 
  

   and 
  an 
  unexpected 
  cold 
  wave 
  took 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   of 
  them, 
  literally 
  cooking 
  them; 
  the 
  same 
  

   wave 
  also 
  killed 
  all 
  the 
  asparagus 
  above 
  

   ground 
  — 
  a 
  thing 
  I 
  never 
  knew 
  to 
  happen 
  

   before. 
  

  

  Never 
  remove 
  the 
  dead 
  stem 
  from 
  a 
  lily 
  by 
  

   pulling 
  it 
  out, 
  this 
  may 
  cause 
  a 
  fatal 
  injury 
  to 
  

   the 
  bulb; 
  cut 
  it 
  off 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  ground 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  

   desired 
  to 
  obliterate 
  it, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  wiser 
  to 
  allow 
  

   a 
  portion 
  at 
  least 
  to 
  remain 
  above 
  ground 
  as 
  it 
  

   serves 
  to 
  mark 
  the 
  exact 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  bulb. 
  

   Another 
  thing 
  : 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  the 
  lily 
  always 
  

   forms 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  small 
  bulblets 
  near 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   face 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  ; 
  these, 
  when 
  the 
  stem 
  has 
  

   ripened 
  may 
  be 
  removed 
  and 
  planted 
  and 
  in 
  

   two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  will 
  form 
  blossoming 
  bulbs. 
  

  

  FURNISHING 
  A 
  DARK 
  OR 
  A 
  

   COLD 
  NORTH 
  ROOM 
  

  

  By 
  Alexander 
  Hooper 
  

  

  IN 
  MANY 
  houses 
  one 
  finds 
  a 
  room 
  so 
  badly 
  

   lighted 
  that 
  it 
  always 
  has 
  a 
  gloomy 
  aspect. 
  

  

  By 
  a 
  proper 
  use 
  of 
  color 
  such 
  a 
  room 
  may 
  

   be 
  made 
  comparatively 
  light 
  and 
  cheerful. 
  

   The 
  woodwork 
  should 
  be 
  painted 
  white, 
  and 
  

   the 
  walls 
  covered 
  with 
  ingrain 
  paper 
  of 
  a 
  

   deep, 
  soft 
  yellow. 
  If 
  the 
  paper 
  is 
  not 
  avail- 
  

   able, 
  paint 
  or 
  calcimine 
  that 
  color; 
  if 
  paint 
  is 
  

   used, 
  stipple 
  it. 
  Calcimine 
  the 
  ceiling 
  in 
  a 
  

   light 
  shade 
  of 
  yellow, 
  and 
  if 
  portieres 
  are 
  

   used, 
  let 
  them 
  be 
  of 
  a 
  duller 
  shade 
  of 
  yellow. 
  

   Drape 
  the 
  windows 
  in 
  point 
  d'esprit 
  or 
  bobbi- 
  

   net, 
  and 
  have 
  curtains 
  of 
  some 
  thick, 
  soft 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  in 
  yellow, 
  to 
  screen 
  the 
  windows 
  at 
  

   night. 
  They 
  should 
  be 
  hung 
  on 
  brass 
  rods 
  

   with 
  rings 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  drawn. 
  If 
  the 
  

   room 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  a 
  bedroom 
  have 
  the 
  bedstead 
  

   of 
  brass 
  or 
  white 
  enamel 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  

   furniture 
  of 
  white 
  enamel 
  or 
  light 
  wood. 
  The 
  

   bedspread 
  should 
  be 
  white, 
  or 
  white 
  and 
  yel- 
  

   low. 
  The 
  floor 
  should 
  be 
  light, 
  and 
  the 
  rugs 
  

   should 
  have 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  yellow 
  in 
  them. 
  

   The 
  pictures 
  should 
  be 
  light 
  prints 
  or 
  water- 
  

   colors 
  framed 
  in 
  gold 
  or 
  old 
  ivory. 
  If 
  pos- 
  

   sible, 
  have 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  good-sized 
  mirrors 
  

   placed 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  reflect 
  the 
  light. 
  

  

  A 
  cold 
  north 
  room 
  may 
  be 
  treated 
  in 
  any 
  

   shade 
  of 
  red, 
  or 
  deep, 
  warm 
  yellow. 
  Have 
  

   the 
  woodwork 
  stained 
  a 
  soft 
  brown 
  or 
  ma- 
  

   hogany 
  color, 
  or, 
  if 
  staining 
  is 
  not 
  possible, 
  

   paint 
  it 
  a 
  mahogany 
  color. 
  Cover 
  the 
  walls 
  

   with 
  a 
  paper 
  having 
  a 
  cream 
  ground 
  on 
  which 
  

   are 
  thrown 
  red 
  flowers 
  with 
  their 
  green 
  foli- 
  

   age; 
  poppies, 
  chrysanthemums, 
  roses, 
  etc., 
  are 
  

   all 
  satisfactory. 
  Select 
  a 
  pattern 
  having 
  long, 
  

   loose 
  sprays 
  of 
  flowers. 
  

  

  Get 
  crepe, 
  cretonne, 
  or 
  chintz 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  

   pattern 
  and 
  coloring 
  and 
  make 
  the 
  bedspread, 
  

   window 
  draperies, 
  and 
  covers 
  for 
  cushions 
  ; 
  

   or 
  the 
  cushion 
  may 
  be 
  covered 
  with 
  denim 
  in 
  

   the 
  shade 
  of 
  red 
  of 
  the 
  flowers 
  or 
  the 
  green 
  

   of 
  the 
  foliage. 
  The 
  floor 
  should 
  be 
  stained 
  

   the 
  same 
  color 
  as 
  the 
  woodwork, 
  and 
  the 
  pre- 
  

   dominating 
  colors 
  in 
  the 
  rug 
  should 
  be 
  green 
  

   and 
  red. 
  Use 
  dark 
  woods 
  in 
  the 
  furniture. 
  

  

  This 
  scheme 
  of 
  color 
  could 
  be 
  carried 
  out 
  

   in 
  a 
  living-room 
  or 
  dining-room 
  having 
  a 
  north- 
  

   ern 
  exposure. 
  The 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  wall 
  should 
  be 
  

   plain 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  dull 
  Indian 
  or 
  Venetian 
  red. 
  

   The 
  draperies 
  might 
  be 
  a 
  shade 
  of 
  olive 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  having 
  much 
  yellow 
  in 
  it; 
  the 
  carpet 
  or 
  

   rug 
  a 
  deep, 
  dull 
  red, 
  with 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  terra 
  

   cotta, 
  old 
  blue, 
  and 
  olive. 
  The 
  mahogany 
  fur- 
  

   niture, 
  if 
  upholstered, 
  should 
  be 
  in 
  dull 
  red 
  or 
  

   olive; 
  if 
  terra 
  cotta 
  or 
  yellow 
  be 
  chosen, 
  carry 
  

   out 
  the 
  scheme 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner. 
  

  

  Character 
  in 
  Doors 
  

  

  The 
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  of 
  your 
  house 
  should 
  be 
  chosen 
  for 
  their 
  character 
  and 
  should 
  he 
  in 
  harmony 
  

   with 
  the 
  architectural 
  motif. 
  

  

  Doors 
  should 
  so 
  combine 
  good 
  design 
  with 
  good 
  construction 
  as 
  to 
  become 
  an 
  integral 
  

   and 
  permanent 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  building. 
  

  

  Morgan 
  Doors 
  

  

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  these 
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  as 
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  other 
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  do. 
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